September 2012 posts

September 25, 2012

My little Makenzie just started kindergarten and needed some new clothes. Even though I am a very busy grama, I still wanted to make her a few things. After going through my stash of patterns, I showed a couple of them to her. She immediately went for the fullest twirliest of dress patterns from the 1960's.

Knowing that a fitted woven cotton bodice would not be comfortable for the active little girl that she is, I decided to just make a full, billowy skirt with a big pink bow. One that she can wear over anything, including shorts and leggings.

Knowing that children don't really understand that the actual dress can have a different fabric than in the picture on the pattern, I thought I would try to make it as close as possible since she really liked the picture.

I happened to have a bolt of fine striped linen ticking that looks almost like the picture, and of course I had several choices in pink ribbons.

As I was sewing this skirt, Makenzie "helped" by holding the fabric with me while "we" sewed, her hand on the fabric next to mine. Then she placed her hand on top of my hand, as I fed the fabric through the machine. She loved how the machine made the ribbon "stick" to the fabric. :-)

The skirt has no zippers or elastic, it wraps around with a large button hole for the ribbon waist. She loves the way it twirls too. (Don't worry, it's not crooked as in the picture.)

I would have picked a white or navy top to go with this skirt, but this is what she had on. Purple is one of her favorite colors next to pink of course. As you can see she was thrilled.

September 23, 2012

A new batch of milliners is about to enter the world! Saturday's workshop was so much fun with a great bunch of talented students, who made my job very easy. Thank you so much, Helen, Brandee, Lisa, Sherry, Analisa and Emily! You all made wonderful hats to wear with pride.

September 18, 2012

Vivid purples and oranges accented with blue and gold makes this collection fun for settling in to Autumn. Lots of vintage leaves, velvet flowers and golden Dresdens, silky velvets and sparkly gliter and beads make this collection very inspiring.

Perfect touches to complete your special fall projects.

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September 09, 2012

We are putting up the tent in our parking lot, fixing up the basement, and pulling out all the fantastic finds we have been collecting for years! We are so suprised what we are finding. We have French style, Primitive, and Retro. Something for every taste. If you are in the area, it will be worth the drive!

September 06, 2012

We are so excited about our Fall Schedule of classes here at Rose Mille Creative Studio!

{Woo Hoo!}

Kicking it off is our popular Basic Straw Hat Blocking Workshop, to be held Saturday, September 22 from 2:00 to 5:00. Developed as an introduction to Millinery, covering basic concepts of blocking, sizing and simple finishes. Not only will the mystery of millinery be somewhat solved, but you will take home a beautiful hat of your own making.

Not to worry if you cannot attend the class, we are working on a complete kit so that you can learn hat blocking at home. Stay tuned for that.

In addition to the the hat class, we are offering a workshop to make this
adorable pumpkin pincushion on October 13th. Made from vintage
double-knit fabrics and vintage wool scraps, stuffed with crushed
walnut shells and wool.

Due to many requests, on October 27th, I will be teaching my beautiful Wool Rose Pin. This is already available as a kit on our web-shop as well.

In November make this vintage style, paper covered hinged wood box with a
shadow box lid. Ready for holiday gift giving. This is the first time
this class has been offered here at our home base.

Last but not least, make an adorable Head-Wrap workshop to be held in December. Using pre-shrunk wool sweaters, make a stylish and warm head wrap to wear or to gift, or make two. Super cute.